Colorado’s law enforcement officers will no longer recognize “excited delirium” after a state regulatory board voted to strike the controversial diagnosis on Friday from all training documents starting in January.
The move, which was passed at the state Peace Officers Standards and Training board meeting unanimously and without debate, comes as two Aurora paramedics face felony charges for giving Elijah McClain, an unarmed, innocent Black man, an overdose of ketamine, in part, because they believed he was suffering from the condition.
Does the policy extend to when they want you to do something medically? You have no say when a cop tells you to inject an air bubble in someone’s carotid? I don’t believe it.
The cop wouldn’t decide something like that no.
They would decide “this person is dangerous” type of stuff